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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..35732ed3e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +=================== +The Kernel dist-git +=================== + +The kernel is maintained in a `source tree`_ rather than directly in dist-git. +The specfile is maintained as a `template`_ in the source tree along with a set +of build scripts to generate configurations, (S)RPMs, and to populate the +dist-git repository. + +The `documentation`_ for the source tree covers how to contribute and maintain +the tree. + +If you're looking for the downstream patch set it's available in the source +tree with "git log master..ark-patches" or +`online`_. + +Each release in dist-git is tagged in the source repository so you can easily +check out the source tree for a build. The tags are in the format +name-version-release, but note release doesn't contain the dist tag since the +source can be built in different build roots (Fedora, CentOS, etc.) + +.. _source tree: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark.git +.. _template: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/blob/internal/redhat/kernel.spec.template +.. _documentation: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/wikis/home +.. _online: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/commits/ark-patches |